Coconut oil is very versatile, with uses in cooking, for the skin and for the hair with very good benefits in every way. It nearly became forgotten in the West due to the advent of vegetable oils which came with heavy advertising against saturated fats. Now it has become clear that the type of saturated fats in coconut oil, the medium chain triglycerides, is exactly what we need for good health. Now coconut oil has become a super food and a super oil. Here are the 55 uses for coconut oil.

Cooking With Coconut Oil

Use for baking, cooking, frying, etc. to replace liquid oils.

Use for greasing pans and in pie crusts, etc. to replace butter and margarine.

Melt and add to smoothies.

Personal Care Uses of Coconut Oil

Toothpaste: Mix coconut oil with baking soda and some olive oil (to make it softer) and use that as your toothpaste.

Cholesterol – improves HDL (‘good’ cholesterol) to HDL (‘bad’ cholesterol) ratio in people with high cholesterol.

Chronic fatigue.

Circulation/feeling cold all the time.

Energy boost.

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I can personally attest to many of these, especially the prevention of dry flaky skin when taken internally! Man, my skin used to be DRY out here in Colorado in the winters – you know, like you’d catch your knuckles on your sweater kind of dry? But after taking about a tbs extra of coconut oil each day for a few weeks that totally went away and now I don’t even need to use moisturizers on my hands anymore. It truly is miracle stuff 🙂